Investment activity of industrial enterprises and their importance for the development of the regions in the country (following the example of specific regions)

The purpose of this article is to identify the investment activity of industrial companies and the dynamics of foreign direct investment in a particular region of the country, to trace their dynamics in comparison with the general economic development of the region and to identify as a result the stimulating and/or limiting factors influencing on domestic and foreign investment. Methods such as literature review, observation, comparison, expert review, etc. are used to accomplish the set tasks and to achieve the set main goal. To achieve this goal, the following specific tasks are solved: (1) Defining theoretical and methodological aspects of investments; (2) A parallel between growth and development at both firm and regional levels has been drawn; (3) Identification of foreign investments in the region for a specified period of time; (4) Comparative analysis between the investment activity and the rate of change of the economic development of the region; Conclusions are presented about the main advantages and the respective limitations of the type of investments and differences in regional development.